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From: alex@xicom.UUCP (Alex Laney)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Setting up System on AT machine
Message-ID: <116@xicom.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 89 16:39:59 GMT
References: <143900001@cdp> <209@nirvo.UUCP>
Organization: XICOM Ottawa,Ont. Canada
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In article <209@nirvo.UUCP>, kdg@nirvo.UUCP (Kurt Gollhardt) writes:
> In article <143900001@cdp>, cassidy@cdp.UUCP writes:
> > Could someone please tell me if it's possible to setup AT&tT's System V on a 
> > 8MHz AT? I presently have an 8 MHz AT, Telebit T2000 modem, Hercules Display,
> > 1 meg of RAM (upgrading to 2 Meg this week) and 2 Miniscribe 3650 40 Meg 
> > Hard drives. I would like to set the system up to use 2 terminals, and run a
> > MS-DOS shell of some sorts. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Not unless you replace the CPU with an 80386, such as the Intel Inboard 386.
> There is no version of AT&T System V which runs on an 80286 (except the
> version for the AT&T 6300-Plus, but that system has special hardware support).

Maybe not directly from AT&T, but both Microport System V/AT and SCO Xenix
System V are System V compatible (i.e. SVID compliant), and run on '286
based IBM PC AT compatibles. Note, they are not the latest version.

Both have MS-DOS shell support -- DOS Merge, and SCO Vp/ix.

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